Osasuna vs Las Palmas prediction: SPAIN: LaLiga betting tips on match 2023-11-10 17:30.
Osasuna’s ambitions to improve on last season’s seventh-placed finish continue to meet some harsh realities, with their 4-2 loss to surprise title challengers Girona at El Sadar on Saturday their sixth La Liga (LL) defeat against one of the six highest-placed clubs at the start of this round. It’s no surprise therefore to see them sitting 12th, seven points worse off than at this stage in 2022/23, although it would be fair to say Jagoba Arrasate’s men have had more difficult fixtures so far this term.
Saturday’s home match against Las Palmas offers Los Rojillos the chance to head into the next international break on a high, and Osasuna’s recent record in Pamplona against newly-promoted opposition is strong, having now won their last four such league games as hosts following a 2-0 victory over Granada last month. While that was their only home win of this LL season to date (D1, L4), it should offer them some hope of reducing the four-point deficit to Las Palmas in the standings.
But the imposing form of their upcoming opponents cannot be ignored, as the newcomers were one of just three Spanish top-flight sides to take 12 of a possible 15 points from the previous five rounds, a run capped off with their first LL win over AtlĂ©tico Madrid (2-1) since January 1987! The Canary Islanders’ manager GarcĂa Pimienta was especially proud of the famous triumph, given they had just one training session to prepare following a midweek Copa del Rey encounter, but fortunately they’ve had more time to mull over tactics for this clash.
While it’s too early to begin contemplating that Los Amarillos will return to the European stage for the first time since 1977, they have many reasons to be confident of moving closer to that outcome after consecutive 2-1 victories in their last two LL away trips. The next step in their development is to hold a league clean sheet on the road, having conceded either one or two goals each time on their travels in 2023/24.
Players to watch: In addition to his consolation brace last round, Ante Budimir scored in three of Osasuna’s aforementioned four straight LL home wins against promoted opposition. After netting in a league victory for the second time this year, Las Palmas’ Kirian RodrĂguez is searching for his first away goal of the campaign.
Hot stat: Las Palmas’ 2-0 loss away to Real Madrid remains their only match of this LL season decided by a 2+ goal margin.